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Three federal judges weighing arguments in a landmark gay marriage hearing this week peppered attorneys on both sides with
tough questions, with one judge expressing deep skepticism about whether courts are the ideal setting for major social change
and another saying the democratic process can be too slow.

Even with legislatures in summer recess, there's no lull in the battle over state anti-abortion laws as several federal
courts decide whether to uphold or strike down some of the most sweeping measures.

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law announced gifts of $3.25 million to establish an endowed clinical professorship
and provide scholarship funds for Indiana high school graduates attending the law school.

The Indiana Court of Appeals granted rehearing to a case involving a dispute over coverage for environmental contamination
and found that the "known claim” exclusion applies, not the known loss doctrine.

The Indiana Court of Appeals Thursday upheld a mother’s decision to relocate from Indiana to Georgia with her daughter
before a court hearing was held on the matter. But one judge on the panel found the court’s reliance on the time the
mother and child lived in Georgia to support its decision “makes a mockery” of the relocation statute.

Loretta Rush was selected the next chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court Wednesday by the seven-member Judicial Nominating
Commission, which deliberated about an hour before naming her the first female chief justice in the state’s history.

“I appreciate the vote of confidence the JNC has given me,” Rush said after her unanimous selection. On being
the first woman chief, she said, “I look forward to the day it’s unremarkable.”

Rush will succeed outgoing Chief Justice Brent Dickson, who announced earlier this year he will step down from the leadership
position by Sept. 1, but will remain on the court. Dickson, who as chief justice also chairs the JNC, must retire from the
court when he turns 75 in July 2016.

The Indiana Court of Appeals granted a defendant’s petition for rehearing to address a “perhaps unique question”
presented in his petition: Does he have to wait three years before he can file another petition to expunge the records of
his Class A misdemeanor conviction?

An employment contract between a certified public accountant and his employer did not prohibit the CPA from retiring from
his position after the company announced it would not be renewing his contract, the Indiana Court of Appeals concluded Wednesday.

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a teen’s conviction of felony robbery, finding the trial court did not abuse its
discretion in declaring two women unavailable for his trial and admitting their depositions at his trial.

Target Corp. is adding its name to a legal defense of gay marriage, joining other large companies that are taking a stand,
just four years after the retailer came under criticism for supporting a strident opponent of same-sex unions. The company
has filed a court brief backing marriage equality in the case pending before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals invovling
Indiana and Wisconsin same-sex marriages.

Although a federal judge erroneously held that a savings clause did not apply to a habeas petition filed by an inmate in Terre
Haute, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal based on the merits of the petition.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal by a federal judge of a woman’s petition for judicial review
of the decision to deny rehearing her request for Social Security disability benefits. In doing so, the judges overruled a
1980 7th Circuit decision with similar facts.

A St. Joseph County man charged with multiple counts of forgery after falsifying signatures on an election ballot petition
for Barack Obama in 2008 was not prejudiced when the state was allowed to amend the charging information at the end of his
trial. But, the Indiana Court of Appeals held the evidence only supports convicting him of one count of forgery, not nine.

Dozens of Indiana firefighters, police officers and emergency medical workers say a federal appeals court should uphold same-sex
marriage in Indiana and Wisconsin for the sake of the families of gay first responders, a spokeswoman said Monday.

Lawyers are reworking an agreement under which a former county auditor in southern Indiana was expected to plead guilty to
criminal charges of wrongly paying personal expenses with county-issued credit cards.

An Arkansas man on death row in Indiana for killing a woman in Texas nearly 20 years ago was unable to convince the 7th Circuit
Court of Appeals that he should not be put to death. Bruce Carneil Webster argues he is mentally retarded and has new evidence
that would affect his sentence.